Joan VanderMolen and her siblings, Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, Brian Andersen and Milton Andersen, grew up in a suburb of Chicago. VanderMolen and her younger sister Kitty were close — but they never discussed the dark things that occurred in the Menendez home.

Lyle and Erik Menendez's mother, Kitty, may have been aware of the alleged sexual abuse her husband, Jose, put her sons through prior to the boys murdering their parents in 1989. During a recent guest appearance on Chris Cuomo's nightly NewsNation show,

Kitty Menéndez’s sister, Joan VanderMolen, supports Erik and Lyle Menéndez — and a rare tell-all offered a surprising glimpse into the family dynamics since the brothers' high-profile murder trial. VanderMolen,